Pepper martin Goldsmith Baseball Bat

This is a Pepper Martin Goldsmith No. 100 Special League baseball bat. This logo "-A- Gold Smith Product" dates the bat to approximately 1936 to 1943 before the company changed their name to "MacGregor Goldsmith" The earlier bats had the ornate Goldsmith cross logo as the center brand, that was used until about 1932 and some bats made during the mid 1930s have both the Gold Smith style logo pictured above and the older cross logo.(pictured below).

In 1936 Goldsmith purchased the well-known MacGregor Golf Company in an effort to expand their product line and market share. Around 1944 Goldsmith added the MacGregor name to their products and became known as "MacGregor Goldsmith" an attempt to trade on the prestigious image the MacGregor company had earned. Finally, in 1952 the Goldsmith name was dropped entirely and the company was simply called MacGregor.

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